A ‘FRIGHTENING’ rise in young women developing deadly pancreatic cancer is puzzling experts.
Cases of the cancer – which has a five-year survival rate of just five per cent – have surged by 200 per cent in women under the age of 25 in the last 30 years.
Overall rates of the disease have also risen by 17 per cent since the early 1990s/
Pancreatic Cancer UK noted that cases of pancreatic cancer have historically been low in women aged 24 and younger, so any rise in these will lead to a steep percentage increase.
But Anna Jewell, director of support, research and influencing for the charity, told Sun Health: “There has been an increase in …